insulae
- plural of insula.
Example Sentences
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In large cities, many lived in insulae, apartment complexes of three to four levels that occupied a rectangular city block.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The exhibition’s leitmotif is the domus, the single- family home, as opposed to the insulae, the multistory apartment buildings that dominated imperial Rome.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 30, 2011
We saw that the poorer classes in Rome were lodged in huge insulae, and enjoyed nothing that can be called home life.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde
From each cochlear nerve a path has been traced which passes to the insulae and the above-mentioned temporal region of cortex of both the cerebral hemispheres.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The solidity of the public buildings seems to have been in marked contrast to the flimsy nature of the common dwellings or insulae.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
